Vegetable displaying and cooling cabinet.



J. 1). RUSH. VEGETABLE DISPLAYING AND COOLING CABINET. APPLIOATIONI'ILBDSEPT. 16, 1908.

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J. D. RUSH. VEGETABLE DISPLAYING AND COOLING UABINET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16, 1908.

Pa-tented June 8, 1909.

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J. 1). RUSH. VEGETABLE DISPLAYING AND COOLING CABINET.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 15, 1908.

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UNITED *sTAr s JAMES D. RUSH, OF PHILLIPS'BURG, NEW JERSEY.

VEGETABLE DISPLAYING AND COOLING CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 15, 1908.

Patented June 8, 1909.

Serial No. 453,088.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES D. RUsH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Phillips burg, in the county of Warren and State of NewJersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in VegetableDisplaying and Cooling Cabinets, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a cabinet intended for use in stores fordisplaying green vegetables and at the same time keeping them fresh bycontinual sprays of water falling on the vegetables.

The invention has for one of its objects to improve and simplify theconstruction and operation of devicesof this character so as to becomparatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture, and reliable andconvenient in use.

Another object of the-invention is the provision of a closed cabinetdivided into superimposed compartments for receiving vegetables, eachcompartment being provided with means for spraying water therein forpreserving and keeping the vegetables cool while the casing effectivelyscreens the vegetables from insects.

With these objects in view and others, as will appear as the descriptionproceeds, the invention comprises the various novel features ofconstruction and arrangement of parts which will be more fully describedhereinafter and set forth with particularity in the claims appendedhereto.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate one of the embodiments ofthe invention, Figure 1 is a front view of the cabinet. Fig. 2 is acentral vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of thecabinet.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of one of the.

spraying nozzles. 55 of Fig. 6. 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Similar reference characters are employed to designate correspondingparts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings A designates the base of the cabinet whichconsists of a horizontal ring 1 that is supported on legs 2, the

Fig. 5 is a section on line Fig. 6 is a section on line legs beingbraced by cross pieces 3. The top surface of the ring 1 is formed withan annular trough 4: into which the water drains from the cabinet andfrom this trough the water is conducted off through a spout 5 or othersuitable means.

The cabinet B is movably mounted on the base A so that it can berevolved to enable the vegetables therein to be reached without thenecessity of walking entirely around the cabinet. The cabinet consistsof a bottom ring 6 disposed above the base ring 1 and rests on ballbearings 7 disposed in opposed grooves or recesses 8 in the top andbottom surfaces of the rings 1 and 6 respectively of the cabinet and isprevented from lateral displacement by means of a band 9 disposed aroundthe ring 6 and extending downwardly therefrom to engage around'thering 1. cabinet in the present instance is of octagonal cross sectionalthough it may be of any other form and the sides are provided withdoors 10 which may be opened to take out or arrange the vegetables, thedoors being glazed so that the vegetables can be displayed to thecustomers. The cabinet is divided by horizontal partitions 11 intosuperimposed compartments 12, 13 and 14. The partitions are constructedof galvanized sheet metal or the like and are of concavoconvex form andarranged with their convex sides uppermost so that the water will drainoutwardly toward the circumference, and the partitions have theirperipheral portions bent upwardly to form annular troughs 15 and beyondthe troughs are horizontal peripheral flanges 16 which rest on ledges17. The top of the cabinet is formed of two spaced plates 18 and 19spaced apart and between them is a filling of asbestos 20 or the like toserve as an insulator.

The means for spraying water into the cabinet consists of a verticalpipe 21 extending through central openings 22 in the partitions 11 andeach compartment has branch pipes 23 to which are secured pieces of pipe24 extending upwardly therefrom. Each piece of pipe is provided with ajet discharging nozzle 25 so arranged as to discharge fine sprays ofwater in different directions in the compartment so as to eflectivelysprinkle the vegetables arranged therein on the horizontal partitions.The lower end of the pipe 22 which is supported in place solely by thepartitions, has its lower end connected by a flexible coupling device 26with a service pipe 27 that is equipped with a'valve 28 whereby thesupply of water can be opened or closed. The troughs 15 of thepartitions are provided with openings 29 through which the water drainsfrom one partition to another and the lowermost partition dischargesthrough openings 30 in the bottom ring 6 of the cabi- The net and theannular trough 4 of the supporting base A. In this manner a continualcirculation of water can be maintained in the cabinet so that thevegetables will be kept fresh for a long time, while at the same timethey are conveniently displayed to the customers and screened from fliesand insects. As shown in Figs; 4 to 6 the nozzle 25 is of a double tipform and consists of a body 31 formed with a hollow nipple 32 thatextends into the short piece of hose 24 and rising from the body 31 aretips 33 that have openings 34 for discharging jets of water in differentdirections, these openings being supplied through passages 35 thatcommunicate with the hollow nipple 32. The nozzle is inserted in a cap36 that is screwed on each pipe 24.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of themethod of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the artto which the invention appertains, and while I have described theprinciple of operation of the invention, together with the apparatuswhich I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to haveit understood that the apparatus shown is merely illustrative, and thatsuch changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of theclaims appended hereto.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Thecombination of a fixed base, a cabinet rotatably mounted and restingthereon and formed with a plurality of doors arranged one above anotherin the sides thereof, a plurality of horizontal members having convexupper surfaces arranged in parallel relation one above another forpivoting the cabinet into the compartments, said members having openingsdisposed in alinement,

annular troughs formed around the members at the peripheries thereof, avertical pipe extending through the openings of the members, branches onthe pipe in each compartment, spraying devices on the said branches, aservice pipe having its extremity disposed. under the lower end of thepipe, and a flexible connection between the adjacent ends of the pipesfor permitting the vertically-extending pipe to turn with the cabinet.

2. The combination of a horizontal supporting ring having an annulartrough and an annular ball groove in its top surface, legs supportingthe ring, a second ring disposed over the first mentioned ring andhaving a ball groove, anti-friction balls arranged in the groove, acabinet secured to the second ring, a bottom for the cabinet consistingof a concave-convex member formed with a pe ripheral trough supported onthe second ring, spaced concavo-convex horizontal partitions fordividing the cabinet into compartments, peripheral troughs on thepartitions, ledges around the interior for supporting the partitions,said troughs having drain openings, the said member and partitionshaving central openings, a vertically extending pipe passing through theopenings in the member and partitions, water spraying devices on thepipe, a service pipe disposed under the cabinet, a flexible connectionbetween the service pipe and lower end of the first mentioned pipe, anda valve in the service pipe, and means extending around both rings forpre venting lateral displacement of the cabinet.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES D. RUSH.

Witnesses EDWARD N. DIETRIoH, FRANK W. SCHRODER.

